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Opioid Evangelist Switches Sides in Case Alleging Pharma Abuse
Posted on June 8, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
Opioid Evangelist Switches Sides in Case Alleging Pharma Abuse https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-08/opioid-evangelist-switches-sides-in-case-alleging-pharma-abuse Doctor now says industry promoted drugs and ignored the risks Portenoy agrees to aid lawsuits seeking billions in damages A doctor who was an early evangelist for increased use of highly addictive opioids like OxyContin to treat chronic pain — and who was paid to […]
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CVS Pharmacy reprimanded for dispensing expired drugs
Posted on June 7, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
CVS Pharmacy reprimanded for dispensing expired drugs https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/cvs-pharmacy-reprimanded-for-dispensing-expired-drugs/275-ba087475-1647-4096-af7f-5be3761f47fb In a consent order, signed in March, the North Carolina Board of Pharmacy found the mistake spanned the course of an entire year and involved a seizure drug. HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. — CVS Pharmacy on Gilead Road in Huntersville recently received a reprimand from the North Carolina Board […]
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Federal judge cast cloud over CVS-Aetna merger
Posted on June 7, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
Federal judge cast cloud over CVS-Aetna merger https://ctmirror.org/2019/06/07/federal-judge-cast-cloud-over-cvs-aetna-merger/amp/ Washington – With the approval of the Justice Department and five key states, the $69 billion merger between Aetna and CVS was considered a done deal. But that was before a federal judge here questioned how the merger would affect the health insurance marketplace and said he […]
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Judicial system turns a blind eye to the DEA violating the 4th amendment ?
Posted on June 7, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
https://imgur.com/gallery/r5yqQTz#aMKvXZg If I am not mistaken… evidence obtained without a warrant is considered “fruit of the poison tree” and it typically tossed out by the court. They often claim that no one is above the law… but.. apparently there is an exception of law enforcement themselves and the judicial system that has been put […]
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Critics say laws that legalize assisted suicide abandon the vulnerable
Posted on June 6, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
Watch the latest video at foxnews.com Critics say laws that legalize assisted suicide abandon the vulnerable Kristen Hanson, community relations advocate with the Patients Rights Action Fund, says assisted suicide laws send the message that some lives are not worth living.
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Opinion: CVS Health President Larry Merlo Says U.S. Healthcare Outdated
Posted on June 6, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
Opinion: CVS Health President Larry Merlo Says U.S. Healthcare Outdated https://www.wsj.com/video/opinion-cvs-health-president-larry-merlo-says-us-healthcare-outdated/F0C72EA9-1840-4AA1-9907-FD0E8A7DC256.html I tend to agree with Larry Merlo, but not for the same reasons… Our healthcare is “controlled” by the insurance industry and because in 1945 the 79th Congress gave the insurance industry an EXEMPTION from the Sherman Antitrust Act with the McCarran Ferguson Act […]
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total misuse rate of 0.6 percent in over 560,000 patients prescribed opioids for acute and post-op pain between 2008 and 2016
Posted on June 6, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
Scapegoating opioid makers lets true offender get away https://www.upi.com/Top_News/Voices/2019/04/24/Scapegoating-opioid-makers-lets-true-offender-get-away/6371556106270/ April 24 (UPI) — John Oliver is a brilliant comedian with a large platform, and he has been using it of late to demonize the pharmaceutical companies that produce opioids. Major targets of his attack are Purdue Pharma and its Sackler family principals, developers of OxyContin, […]
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If you get your Rxs from mail order… this is what it could look like “filling” your Rxs
Posted on June 5, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
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What Happens When YOU Need Help And Can’t Get It?
Posted on June 5, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
https://youtu.be/zC0GOmI0nns This is probably the most important “News Shot” I’ve done to date. Countless millions suffer from chronic pain…. a REAL epidemic! What’s even more appalling is the fact that relief exists for those who are suffering, but the relief is out of reach…. NOT because of a shortage, but because of a phony “War […]
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